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m3erds
Joined: 22 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:49 am Post subject: Medical insurance outside of Korea |
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| My understanding is that Korean health insurance only covers you when you are in Korea. What is a good option for when you travel out of the country for a short time? How much does it generally cost? |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| I always use World Nomads. Cheap and easy, all done on the net. Never made a claim though. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| At the airport in Incheon, there's a booth where you can by traveler's insurance. It's very cheap and covers a lot. The documentation you sign is in both Korean and English. |
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Second World Nomads. Used a few times and will use again this summer. |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| At the airport in Incheon, there's a booth where you can by traveler's insurance. It's very cheap and covers a lot. The documentation you sign is in both Korean and English. |
I used to do this also, then about a year ago they told me that the only booth I could go to was the Samsung one (coincidentally the furthest one from where I had check in) because the others no longer served foreigners. I didn't find it particularly cheap, or the service particularly impressive, so I've used World Nomads since then, and find it superior in every way. |
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toniyellow
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| I have claimed with World Nomads after an accident I had in the US (i'm from Australia). They had a department of nurses that would call me a few times a day for the first few days out of hospital. They covered the cost of the follow up visit to make sure everything was healing ok. It was a better experience than I expected it to be. The nurses were super friendly. The billing department were more demanding, I had to fax them lots of different things, but they paid everything so I have no complaints. I recommend them to everyone I know. Saved me $19,000 in medical bills. |
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